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gene roberts:
Does anyone know how easy/hard it is to pressure flake bone???  Does it differ with different animals,and with different bones?

Pat B:
I don't know if bone has the structure to be pressure flaking. Percussion maybe. ;)  I think folks grind down bone to make points. I have not done it but I have a few bone points and they were ground.     Pat

Hillbilly:
Like Pat said. Grinding is the way to go.

Otoe Bow:
AndreaS has a really nice build along on bone points.  Check it out. 

Mike

JackCrafty:
Pressure flaking bone is like biting into a candy apple with false teeth......pretty darn useless, and messy.  If you do manage to get a good flake, mount it on a wall as a trophy:  you won't see too many in your lifetime.

I've tried percussion on bone too....not pretty.  Your dog could probably be trained to chew a better arrowhead.

Grinding is the way to go.  Use a dremmel type tool, disc sander, or belt sander.  Wear a mask.  And warn everyone that the air is about to smell like a crematorium.  ;D

If you want to be primitive you can also grind the bone on a rough, flat, stone surface.  But this is tedious and the stone loads up quickly with bone dust.  Haft the bone fragment onto a stick to get better leverage or use a long bone....then cut the arrowhead off the top (after it is fully shaped).

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